Laugh With Laxman

K Laxman R

Description

The author is best known for his common man cartoons, and hascreated cartoons os a world that even the ubiquitous common man is not privy to. It is here that Laxman's sense of parodyand satire find some of their finest expressions. A selection of these rare and masterly cartoons which comment caustically on our social and political character were togethter in the first volume of "laugh with Laxman", and proved to be immensly popular. This is the second volume in the series replete with timeless gems that continue to amuse.

Informations

• Publié par: Penguin Books Ltd
• Date de parution: 14 octobre 2000
• Nombre de lectures: 45
• EAN13: 9789351180166
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

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R.K. Laxman

LAUGH WITH LAXMAN

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Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Laxman was born and educated in Mysore. Soon after he graduated from the University of Mysore, he started drawing cartoons for the Free Press Journal , a newspaper in Bombay. Six months later he joined the Times of India , a newspaper he has been with, as staff cartoonist, for over fifty years. He has written and published numerous short stories, essays and travel articles. Some of these were published in a book, Idle Hours. He has also written two novels, The Hotel Riviera and The Messenger , both published by Penguin Books. Penguin has also published several collections of Laxman s cartoons in the series The Best of Laxman. In June 1998, the Times of India published a collection entitled 50 Years of Independence Through the Eyes of R.K. Laxman. Laxman s autobiography, entitled The Tunnel of Time , was published by Penguin Books in the same month.
R.K. Laxman was awarded the prestigious Padma Bhushan by the Government of India. The University of Marathwada conferred an honorary Doctor of Literature degree on him. He has won many awards for his cartoons, including Asia s top journalism award, the Ramon Magsaysay Award, in 1984.
R.K. Laxman lives in Mumbai.
Looks like Rs 2.5 crores gone down the drain, sir! It says Made in Korea in small print!

So our search has been futile! That there are giants inhabiting this jungle is a total myth.

The upper region must be getting highly polluted! First it was the small birds, then the pigeons, then crows and now poor Superman himself!

No thanks! I just had one at the previous mirage!

Boil this thousand-year old Himalayan herb in milk mixed with lotus petals twenty times and drink it for seven months. If all this doesn t cure you, take a couple of aspirins.

I told you not to spank him when he misbehaves! He has been taking karate lessons for self-defence!

Look at that! These gadgets are useless-no better than the servants we got rid of.

I am sorry! This is a problem we on earth have to face-bird menace. They hit aircrafts.

Please, sir! Each speaker gets only ten minutes. You have exceeded by sixty minutes . . . !

What sort of sales promotion is this? No one will buy it! You must write Now only Rs 275 .

You have certainly put on height and weight since I last took your measurements, sir.

No, that s not the machinery we ordered. It is this one and that s the work-kit-in case it goes out of order.

That s his wife-sort of his word processor. Whatever he says can t pass without her processing it.

Let me see your medical degree, please, before you start operating.

After long research I found it is a Nataraja in classical dance pose belonging to the eighth century!

The analysis shows that your boy definitely has certain criminal tendencies.

He has sold out all the stuff. Truly a genius-it seems he started painting at the age of four!


Why do you look surprised? You always said it was as intelligent as a human being!